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    When the great recession emerged in late 2007‚ many companies had fallen into a financial demise. According to a U.S. Census Bureau study taken in 2011‚ over 200‚000 small businesses closed during the 2008-2010 period. In addition‚ over 3 million jobs were gone (Shapiro). The highest recorded rate of unemployment was 9.7 percent nationwide. There are currently over 11.7 million unemployed people in the U.S. There were several industries that were seriously affected by the recession. The housing market

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    The impact of economic recession on business strategy planning in UK companies Research executive summary series Volume 6 | Issue 9 Key findings: The key findings from this research were: • There is very little optimism about the prospects for the UK economy in the short to medium-term. • There is quite a degree of optimism from companies about their own commercial future based on a combination of factors such as: accessing overseas markets‚ improving the way they do things‚ better

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    Case 11.1: Conflict at Walt Disney Company: A Distant Memory? 1. Michael Eisner‚ former CEO strained several important relationships to the Walt Disney Company because of his abrasive style and tendency toward micromanagement. During his 22-year tenure at Walt Disney‚ ex-CEO Eisner fought with the Miramax founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein over financial details relating to the purchase of Miramax. Eisner also bumped heads with Steve Jobs‚ ex-CEO of animated film producer Pixar and Apple

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    period in Disney’s storied history‚ CEO Bob Iger joined the company in 2000 as president and later became the CEO‚ succeeding Roy E.Disney. Iger vision to turn Disney’s quest to become a well-diversified mega media conglomerate was realized with strategy of related diversification with the goal of enhancing the company with major dividends. The Walt Disney Company started primarily in 1923 as a studio animation company. Over the past 80 years‚ Disney has grown to become a mega-entertainment empire

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    What Do You Think Art Is?

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    Wei-Hsiang Wang What do you think art is? In my opinion‚ the major purpose of art is to influence someone. Some of the most common types of art in public are paintings‚ photos‚ and sculptures. When I go to the library‚ I would see photos of intellectual people‚ such as Gandhi‚ and Albert Einstein. These photos on the wall can greatly influence my mood and efficiency on studying. When I go to a hospital‚ I would see paintings and pictures that show life. Most of these paintings would have the

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    primary activities to occur 1. Information Systems 2. Logistics 3. Human Resources Global Expansion Practices 1. Expand the market for your domestic products by selling internationally (Export) • Requires a company to tap into their core competencies 2. Move production to the most efficient countries to realize location economies • Some countries have a comparative advantage of production • Transportation costs and trade barriers must

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    What do you think is unethical? The countrywide approved everyone to get their loans‚ no matter they have jobs or not‚ no matter they have income or not‚ no matter they have assets or not. The criteria they use may be unethical. They don’t care whether the documents are valid‚ whether they can verify the income‚ whether the appraisal is any good. They just care about getting the loan closed‚ in order to do another loan. The underwriters/ contractors looked through the loan as quick as they can.

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    13 March 2013 Economic Recession Affects Present and Future of Luxury Hotels This paper will discuss how economic recession affects present and future of luxury hotels. Society has been affected on all levels by the economic recession beginning around 2007­ 2008‚ including the hotel industry. Through this economic recession‚ the industry has seen the effects on business and leisure travel. While corporate travel has been more affected by the recession‚ leisure travel to luxury hotels has been affected in

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    The recent economic recession faced by not only the United States‚ but also major countries across the globe‚ has made it tough for businesses to keep operating at a profitable level and forced many to downsize their personnel or to even go bankrupt. In fact‚ this tough economic period has caused consumers‚ whether they are manufacturers buying raw material or an average person buying food at the grocery store‚ to be a lot more conservative with regards to their needs and spending. Consequently the

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    Economic Recession of 2007 William Mwangi Class title and section Professor’s name Due date of Assignment: 26th August 2011. William Mwangi Economic crisis Class Professor’s name 24th August‚ 2011. Economic Recession of 2007: What caused it and what were the after effects? Can we predict another major recession? Thesis Statement: Although the recession that dates back in 2007 is still long and deep and surely has shown some recovery‚ the potential that it will completely

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